Ooze – #4 Live At Practice CS (self-released, 2012): You know OOZE. If you don’t there are some primers here or here. Now that you’re settled, this tape is a practice recording featuring some OOZE classics that you’ve definitely heard … Continue reading →

Ooze – #12 + 13 CS (2013, self-released): You know who OOZE is. I don’t feel the band needs much of an introduction at this point, but if you’re truly unfamiliar you could find a worse place to start. While … Continue reading →

Ooze – American Beans #1 CS (2012): The first burst from the inimitable OOZE. Featuring members of tons of other NWI bands, OOZE gestated for a while with a bunch of tapes in very small runs. This is one such tape. … Continue reading →

Stubborn Attitude/Get Bent split CS (self-released, 200?): Another rager from the mid-2000’s in Northwest Indiana, this time pre-dating bands like SCABS, DURESS, PUKEOID, CARBONLEAK, and plenty more. I first heard GET BENT and STUBBORN ATTITUDE on a benefit tape called LIVER-AIDE … Continue reading →

Vital Error – Demo CS (self-released, 2009): For a while there were a ton of hardcore punk band in Indianapolis. The thing was, though, that most of them consisted of some mixture of the same ten people or so. Maybe … Continue reading →

I’ve seen the second and third installments of this series of tape comps floating around, but not the first. So here you have it – the inaugural COOL BANDS compilation. These three tapes all focus on a pocket of truly … Continue reading →